#478EA4#478EA4

#478EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.078 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478EA4
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, -15.76, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 24.22, 229.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0594 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.078 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9698, 23.3642, 38.6248)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478EA4 #A45D47

analogous

#47A48B #478EA4 #475FA4

triadic

#478EA4 #A4478E #8EA447

tetradic

#478EA4 #8B47A4 #A45D47 #5FA447

square

#478EA4 #8B47A4 #A45D47 #5FA447

split-complementary

#478EA4 #A4475F #A48B47

monochromatic

#22444F #356979 #478EA4 #6AAABE #95C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#478EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#478EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478EA4

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478EA4	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.078 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afbf',
    500: '#478ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478ea4;
$custom-light: #82afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.194,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60962,
    "c": 0.07835,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478EA4

secondary

#BD968A

accent

#7558CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #478EA4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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